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Submitted by Emelda (not verified) on 29 Oct 2022 - 11:38 Permalink

hmmmm numbers are more likely to be universal and precise. Just like mathematics is the same and uses the same symbols the world over, words and symbols that denote words and even alphabets vary from region to region.
It is actually far more plausible that extraterrestrials would indeed attempt to communicate using the clearly defined and unequivocal numbers, symbols, and shapes of maths. Or indeed binary code.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 12 Nov 2011 - 02:26 Permalink

The code is good, well thought out and put together, however these lights patterns and shapes are not numbers, they are words... well letters to be percise. When we speak in our own launage we speak word to word, yet when someone deprived of the ability to hear speaks they use visual words and in many cases letter to letter, I.e. my name is A-l-a-n-i. When a def person watches TV, they again experience visual speech, in this case Subtitles, again, letter to letter. Universal beings work in math and the like much as we do, problem solving and science. I believe you about the lights and shapes, you must look again at the code, these are letters and symbols. In short, we are cave men to them, if I were to travel to a place where homosapians still dwelled, I would speak to them in cave paintings etc, I would assume their math to be a lesser level (I.e Stephen Hawkins vs Peewee Herman) thus in regards I would be reluctant to show them my skills is numeracy instead I would speak to them in a way that they may understand or at the least the most simplyfied way I could, letter by letter. Decifer the letters, decifer the message, it is clearly one of importance.
Submitted by Emelda (not verified) on 29 Oct 2022 - 11:38 Permalink

hmmmm numbers are more likely to be universal and precise. Just like mathematics is the same and uses the same symbols the world over, words and symbols that denote words and even alphabets vary from region to region.
It is actually far more plausible that extraterrestrials would indeed attempt to communicate using the clearly defined and unequivocal numbers, symbols, and shapes of maths. Or indeed binary code.

Submitted by Alfred Armstrong on 02 Jun 2010 - 11:02 Permalink

Francois, if you want to login before commenting, there's now a link in the sidebar you can click on to do that, just below the search box.

Submitted by Francois Tremblay_ (not verified) on 02 Jun 2010 - 08:36 Permalink

You'd think space aliens would be smart enough to transmit this vital communication to more than one individual. And a lot bigger than that, too. I guess my question is, why would they even bother? (also, how do I login? I got a message saying "The name you used belongs to a registered user.")